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Manufacturing Trends: Rising Wages, Labor Shortages Drive Factories Out of China

Low-wage countries in Asia, Latin America and even eastern Europe are benefitting from companies fleeing rising wages and labor shortages in China, according to the latest PIERS report.
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Finland Opens World’s Largest Biomass Gasification Plant

Groundbreaking 140-MW biomass gasification plant in Vaasa, Finland, uses Metso technology to reduce fossil fuel use and coal emissions and give flexible fuel capabilities to existing coal-fired power
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China’s Changan Ford Builds Energy-Efficient Paint Shops

To expand capacity and meet new Chinese environmental regulations, general contractor Durr is installing two innovative paint shops, each with two top coat lines, at Changan Ford Automotive’s Chongqin
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Podcast: Automated, Wireless Replenishment of Packaging Materials

At The Automation Conference 2013, contract OTC pharma manufacturer Perrigo presented their Stage By Component process, where Automated Guided Vehicles bring packaging materials to packaging lines on
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Alan Beaulieu, President, Institute for Trend Research
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Economy Slowing, but Not Like 2009

The rate of growth in the U.S. economy will be slowing later this year until a mild recession takes hold in the second half of 2014.
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WirelessHART information from www.hartcomm.org
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WirelessHART Products and Interoperability

Interested in wireless networking options? Multiple suppliers provide WirelessHART products that interoperate, and the The HART Communication Foundation wants you to know where to find them.
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Making Sense of the Enterprise Energy Dashboard

Energy monitoring means different things to different companies.
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Yokogawa's Wireless Anywhere concept advocates for plant-wide use of ISA100.11a*1 compliant wireless technology
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ISA100 Wireless Shows Off Interoperability at Hannover Messe 2013



Live, multi-vendor demonstration showed how the key benefits of the ISA100 Wireless protocol have shifted from theoretical/on-paper to actual products and applications.
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Efficient integration of development tools: Automation Studio 4 and EPLAN Electric P8

Efficient integration of Version 4 of B&R's Automation Studio engineering tool and EPLAN Electric P8 is now a reality.
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